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It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
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For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
Facti crimen habet.]
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]
Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a read more
Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
[Lat., Multi committunt eadem diverso crimina fato;
Ille crucem scleris pretium tulit, hic diadema.]
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.
If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing
